Buckland Airport
BVK · PABL · Buckland, Alaska · Northwest Arctic County · map
Buckland Airport is a public-use airport, 1 mile southwest of Buckland, Alaska, 29 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 11/29, is 3,200 feet of gravel.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BVK · ICAO PABL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 29 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- On the chart
- Nome sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11E
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 3,200 × 75 ft | Gravel, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 11: VASI, four boxes on the right, brush on the approach
- Runway 29: VASI, four boxes on the left, ant 60 ft high 1,545 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Kotzebue and center (remote transmitter) Low | 119.2 | |
| Buckland and rco | 122.3 | Buckland · Communications provided by kotzebue Flight Service on frequency 122.3 (Buckland rco). |
| Bvk and aWOS-3P | 135.15 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 907-494-2180.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Buckland from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Buckland, AK as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Northwest Arctic borough.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 11/29 - the common traffic frequency. VASI runway 11 and 29 operates continuously.
- Turb an X winds summer months.
- Runway condition unmnt; recommended visual insp bfr use.
- Waterfowl in the vicinity of airport spring - fall.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.